In a most saddening and pathetic twist of fate, 51-year-old Pastor John Kayoda of Christ Apostolic Church, Warri, who lost his entire family, a wife and four adorable children, to fire incident on September 25, 2014, died on June 26, 2016, as a result of inhalation of generator fumes.
The deceased who was recently transferred from Warri to Love District, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Ekapamre in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State a fortnight ago was residing in Agbarho, his home town when the incident occurred.
Sources told Sunday Sun reporter that the deceased, an Urhobo, had placed the generator in the corridor of his residence and slept off. Residents of Agbarho were saddened and grieved when news filtered in that the pastor was killed by generator fumes.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, the Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Christ Apostolic Church, Warri District, Pastor Emmanuel Orode, described the incident as shocking, mysterious and bad omen.
“This is beyond human comprehension that Pastor John Kayoda, who lost his entire family of five while attending a general meeting of pastors at Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State, September 2014 has also died almost in the same circumstance,” Pastor Orode said in tears.
“God has his own programme for everybody, which cannot be changed by any mortal. However, it is unfortunate that he died in this circumstance. But, who are we to question the authority of God Almighty,” enthused the CAC Cleric.
“Above all, we thank God for his courage because when his family died, he did not lose courage. He was even stronger in the Lord. However, we give glory to God Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth,” he said as tears continued to flow freely and wet his collar.
He said the late pastor was posted from CAC Otumara, Olu’s Palace Warri to Ekekpamre, less than two weeks ago before he died.
“We are really sad, very sad over the painful demise of this strong, energetic and courageous young man. Now that the evil men have done their worst, they have nobody to kill again,” said the chairman, insisting that it is God that brings and takes life of human beings.
Orode noted that Pastor Kayoda’s name and achievements would remain in the annals of history of Christ Apostolic Church worldwide and in the mind of fellow Nigerians as well. The kinsmen of the deceased are still numb, shocked and inconsolable. Many of them were so moody and dumbstruck they just waved away effort to get a word from them.
One of his aunts, Mrs. Faith Ederi who lives at Orerokpe gazed at ceiling without saying anything particular to anybody.
Then at a point she turned towards the reporter and said: “Oga journalist, you can see that the evil people who are after the life of my brother have done their worst but we leave everything to God.”
Meanwhile Agbarho is wearing a sad mood, lamenting the untimely death of the pastor who they described as their illustrious son.
A 47-year-old security guard, identified as Victor Osubie, is in police custody for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl, Bola (not real name), in Sagamu Road, Ikorodu, Lagos.
It was alleged that the suspect, who works at an events centre used by the victim’s mother as an event planner, slept with Bola severally. But the bubble burst on May 30, 2016, when he reportedly slept with the victim.
Sunday Vanguard learned that Victor had intercourse with the victim after she returned from an errand. He allegedly took the kid inside his room, asked her to pull her clothes and then had intercourse her.
The victim was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital for medical examination which confirmed that she had bad intercourse severally.
The case was reported at Sagamu Police Division, Ikorodu Road but the suspect allegedly fled when the police came to arrest him. He was, however, arrested, penultimate Wednesday, while the case was transferred to the State Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti for further investigation.
Narrating how she was allegedly slept with by the suspect, the Basic Two pupil said: “Uncle Victor called me to help him buy MTN N100 recharge card for him. When I went to the place where they sell the recharge card, the people were not around. So I went back to give him his money. After giving him his money, he called me back, asked me to pull my pants and he put his manhood inside my private part. Uncle has done it five times to me. The first time was after my graduation ceremony (from kindergarten) last year July.”
The mother also spoke. She said: “While I was in the hall on that fateful day trying to put finishing touches to the decoration for an event, my little daughter walked up to me and said she couldn’t find her elder sister Bola. “Immediately I began to search for her. I went outside the hall to look for her; I didn’t see her, so I came back to the hall.
“Later I saw her walking out of one of the rooms attached to the gallery used by the security guard, Victor. As she got close to where I was, she kept saying, `Mummy, please doesn’t tell my daddy. Mummy, please doesn’t tell my daddy’. I promised her I won’t tell her daddy. But I noticed she was really scared. When she got close me, I held her and I asked her what the matter was. I was shocked when she opened up and alleged that Victor, the security guard whom I have helped countless times, had repeatedly had intercourse with her.
“Immediately, I confronted Victor, who said he was sorry and that he didn’t know what came over him when he slept with my daughter. I told him it was not a matter of he was sorry, and that it was not something that happened once. I called my husband to inform him about the incident and he asked me to report the case to the police. When I got to the police station, they took my daughter to Ikorodu General Hospital for medical examination.
“I thank God who used my little daughter to draw my attention to what had been happening. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known that he had been taking advantage of my daughter since last year. I guess Victor felt because I was busy, I won’t notice that my daughter was not around.”
Suspect’s story
Looking dejected, the suspect, whose wife and kids are said to be resident in Delta State, said: “I was mad when I did it. I didn’t know what came over me. What will my family and friends say when the news gets to them that I had intercourse with a six-year-old? My wife and kids are in Delta State. I live alone in Lagos. It is only once that I did it.”
15-year-old Oguntuase James, who is one of thousands of Nigerians residing near the cemetery, and always see ambulance bringing a corpses for interment at the cemetery which is located just beside his parents’ house on Bashiru Adedeji Street, Ayobo, Lagos, has disclosed to a correspondent what if feels like to live very close to a graveyard.
“It is not easy living near a cemetery. Once it’s about late evening, we don’t open the door for strangers here unless we know the person, to avoid receiving an unwanted visitor and this is evening time when all kinds of things happen,” he added.
James disclosed that the experience one of his neighbour friend had few years ago haunts him till date. According to him, the old friend who he identified as Segun, claimed to have seen some ghosts who beckoned to him in the middle of the night. Not only did Segun run away from the spot, he never returned to the house, such that his friends had to help him pack his things.
He said,
“Someone once lived close to us here. He was working in Ikeja, so he used to come back late. But there was one night he came back very late and he was fetching water outside around 1am, when he suddenly ran inside, saying he saw a dead person beckoning to him to come. Initially, people thought he was imagining things in his mind, but he couldn’t sleep throughout that night and since he left the following morning, he never came back. People had to help him pack his things and took them to him.
“And since that day, I have been noticing some strange things anytime I’m home alone, like someone opening the door, gentle wind blowing across my room occasionally and some things I can’t really explain. These days, I don’t sleep alone unless my parents are there.”
James sees nothing interesting living in the area, even though he enjoys the quietness and serenity some other Lagos residents would crave for.
“Anytime I set my eyes on that place, there is a way my head swells and I want to run away but we are stuck here because my parents don’t have money to relocate. I don’t have friends who come here to visit me because of where I live and there is no other way one can describe this house without mentioning cemetery; it’s like the landmark here. In fact, a friend once told me I live among the dead.”
James, who had just finished his Senior School Certificate Examination, said he could not wait to leave the area and go to school, given the psychological and emotional torment he had suffered seeing graves almost every day. The situation is so bad that only a handful of his friends know his house because of the fear of the cemetery.
“We have seen many things here but what can we do. If people come to bury corpses here, we always see them and sometimes it could be more than once in a day. Some people don’t even come with casket, while some would wash the corpse on this road (pointing to the road that is few metres away from their entrance). I have seen people washing corpses on that road before but there was nothing we could do. I am tired.”
James’ family’s experience aptly captures the experience of many people living in this area, and there are a number of them. The one beside James’ house is tucked inside Ayobo in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. For many families in this area, they said if they had known the place would become a cemetery, they would never have considered living there.
Mrs. Funmi Awoyale could not hide her dislike for what had become of the quiet area she and her family moved into years ago. Not only is she constantly disturbed seeing the site, her children had been psychologically traumatised several times, that she sends them to live with her siblings anytime they are on leave.
“My little girl, who is about ten years old, would not sleep alone at night, likewise her brother who is five. They are all very scared and they want us to leave this area. it is not that they have seen any walking corpse yet, but their imagination is unsettling them,” she added.
For some others, like Mr. Joel, the initial fears about living close to the dead may have reduced, coupled with his belief that anyone pronounced dead is dead forever, but he certainly won’t forget the day he claimed he saw some of his ‘neighbours’ in his dream.
Joel, who appeared to be in his late 40s said,
“When I was young, my maternal grandfather was buried inside the house, and we the children would place our mat on the grave and sleep. So I was never used to having excessive fears about dead people, more so that I’m older now, but I won’t forget the day I saw them in my dream.
“There were times I saw them in my dream, I would challenge them and ask where they were going. They were usually in procession. They said they weren’t coming to me and that I should leave them alone. So I left them truly.”
Joel said even though he had been trying to teach his children how not to be afraid, it seems they wouldn’t have any of that as they would not pass the narrow pathway that runs through the cemetery unless he was with them.
He said,
“There was a day I was going out with the children and we met some people bringing a corpse. My children froze and they wanted to run back but I held them. They are getting used to it, but they still have fears. We have to live with it because it wasn’t there when we moved here.”
“Yes, people who are dead are gone, but if you dump refuse on a grave, they would give it back to you but you might not see them. All age groups are represented in this cemetery; from one-day old to aged people.”
Joel however condemned a situation whereby people wash the corpses on the road in front of people’s houses. “Some people see us as abnormal but there is nothing we can do and that is why we rarely have visitors,” Joel concluded.
One other resident, Mr. Ige who wouldn’t mind sharing her experience said her fears began when she moved into the area newly and the only usable path was between two graves.
“Anytime we approached that place, my head would swell, as if those dead persons would just rise and flog me. I never saw any walking corpse but passing through the cemetery is not fun, especially when you have visitors,” she said.
She recalled that there were times she would board motorcycles and the bikers would literally turn back on approaching the cemetery.
“An okada man once asked me if I lived in the burial ground, because he saw me going farther into the cemetery, not knowing there is a path beside it that leads to my house. Some would even leave the money because they see you as a ghost and they would run away.
“Some would refuse to go further once you start approaching the place. One of them once dropped me in the middle of the road beside the site and sped back immediately. He was screaming as if he was seeing ghosts coming to slap him. He almost had an accident that day.
“My children are traumatised because we could be coming home and we would see people washing corpses in the middle of the road. If the deceased is a Muslim, some people would lay the person in the middle of the road and pray (Janaza) for the person right there, tie the person with rope, the way they do, before the interment. Our children see these things and they wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.”
Some residents on Bashiru Adedeji Street and those at the extreme of Legacy Road in Ayobo are constrained to live with the influx of the dead into their abode, an obvious site that welcomes everyone into Jinadu in Shofunde area of Agege Lagos is the assemblage of cemeteries in the area.
Just opposite one of the cemeteries is Udemezue Chimah, disclosed that his major concern was how to raise money to get another apartment and vacate his cemetery-ridden abode.
“I have had nightmares countless times, even my wife. Night time is usually a dreadful time for me and my wife. Do you know how it feels when you wake up to pee in the middle of the night and you feel like someone is pursuing you and you start looking behind you because behind the wall is a cemetery. It is frustrating.
“There is no how we can raise children here, so we need to move out before we can start having children. There was a time my brother came to spend holiday here, he ran away the following day, and even that night, he couldn’t sleep throughout. Anytime I remember the money I spent to rent this house, I felt cheated by the estate agent because he never told us and we never saw them as he instructed us not to use the route.
“The day I learnt there were cemeteries here, I almost fainted. I felt like going mad, you know that kind of a thing. Since then, as old as I am, I run anytime I’m passing the road, because the cemetery is on the left, right and front. Even though they are all fenced, when I’m coming back from work in the night, I usually wait to see other people going towards the same direction because I can’t pass through the place alone. If after some time I still don’t see others, I would go through the other route, which is longer.
“Sometimes, if you board a motorcycle, the riders sometimes hesitate once you tell them the street, and if they agree, they zoom off immediately you alight.”
Speaking on the effect of living close to a cemetery, a psychologist, Dr. Adepeju Omoteso, said the fears attached to such are mere imaginations. She said, “That is what we call phobia. People have phobia for many things and one of them is fear of the dead. It also depends on the culture. Some people believe that if someone dies prematurely, the dead person might come back to hurt people. But as a psychologist, I don’t believe in it.”
On whether it is appropriate for cemeteries to be sited in residential areas, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said that government was also concerned with the development and that urgent intervention was on the way.
He added, “This is because there is a law on that, for obvious cultural and religious reasons, but people have not shown respect for that. One of the things government is thinking of is the need to have a taskforce on compliance with the law, to ensure that this is addressed once and for all. With the cooperation of the citizens, we will achieve this.”
Mr Gideon Aremu, Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, has been shot to death by gunmen at his residence.According to NAN, the lawmaker (Labour Party) was killed on Friday at about 9 pm while driving into his house at Alakia area of Ibadan.
It was gathered that the wife of the deceased was opening the gate for him when two men riding motorcycles shot at Aremu several times.
“The armed men waited several minutes afterwards to ensure he was dead and took away just his cell phone’’ the source said.
Spokesman for the State Police Command, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the assassination of Aremu.
The Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Musah Abdul-Wasi, described the incident as a rude shock and a great loss to the entire state and the country.
Abdul-Wasi said the deceased believed in securing a great future.
“It is regrettable he is not going to see that future, he was supposed to be conferred with PhD by the University of Ilorin next week.
“He has collected his gown and invited his colleagues and friends to the graduation, it is very sad”, he said.
Isn’t she way underage for this kinda talk?! Well, who knows? The earlier the better eh?
Ugandan activist, a self acclaimed die-hard Facebook user who is known to “speak her mind based on her banal experiences” took to her Facebook page to share the experience she had with her 11 year old daughter when she had the ‘condom talk‘ with her.
Read what she wrote below and share your thoughts:
It’s lovely to do fun things when you’ve just gotten married – it’s particularly more fun when you do the fun stuffs after the wedding ceremony, like buying roasted corn from a roadside vendor. Hehe…
The retired Honorable, Ike C Ibe, shared on his Facebook timeline, that he and his wife had the “maize of life” after their wedding ceremony and it’s “how they roll”.
He wrote alongside images:
“Its not a movie it’s my wedding this morning. And it’s a maze of life. Eating corn on the way after wedding –Priceless. This is the way we roll.”
Chairman of Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, Mr Gideon Aremu, has been reportedly shot to death by gunmen at his residence.
NAN reports that the lawmaker (Labour Party) was killed on Friday at about 9p.m. while driving into his house at Alakia area of Ibadan.
It was gathered that the wife of the deceased was opening the gate for him when two men riding motorcycles shot at Aremu several times.
“The armed men waited several minutes afterwards to ensure he was dead and took away just his cell phone’’ the source said.
Spokesman for the State Police Command, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the assassination of Aremu. The Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Musah Abdul-Wasi, described the incident as a rude shock and a great loss to the entire state and the country.
Abdul-Wasi said the deceased believed in securing a great future.
“It is regrettable he is not going to see that future, he was supposed to be conferred with PhD by the University of Ilorin next week.
“He has collected his gown and invited his colleagues and friends to the graduation, it is very sad”, he said.
A fact about this pregnancy superstitions thingy is that they do not apply only to Nigerians, but also to different parts of the globe!
In Poland, pregnant women are advised not to walk under a ladder for fear that their babies will be born thin. In Mexico, pregnant women are warned not to eat eggs because it is believed the child will be born with body odour.
There are many superstitions that people have heard whilst carrying their babies – or not. We look at 14 ridiculous pregnancy superstitions by some Nigerians.
Popular Nigerian comedian, Klint Da Drunk‘s wife Lilien, shared these beautiful new photos of her cute daughter who turned seven months old yesterday and she shared also, photos of her whole beautiful family.
Children may be a handful when they play around and cluster everywhere of your home or room but when they crash, it’s like someone all of a sudden turned off their batteries or something.
As seen in these photos, kids can sleep anywhere at anytime and just zoom off to dreamland! The images you’re about to see, are of adorable tots, who are fast asleep anywhere but their beds.
The photos were shared by their parents, and were submitted to a UK online bed retailer Time4Sleep, which is searching for the sleepiest tot in the UK.
Days after he was condemned on Social Media for having an affiliation with the Gospel of Christ, which is rather unusual for a person with his status, the young Ooni of Ife is seen here all smiles with his wife, Olori Wuraola.
Actress cum presenter, Chioma Idigo, gave her testimony yesterday after she and her cousin had a miraculous survival.
The actress reveals that she had just picked up her cousin from NYSC camp when the accident occurred. She wrote:
“My God is faithful, He is mighty, He is gracious, He never Sleeps, He never slumbers, He never tires of answering our prayers, when we are weak, He becomes stronger. So rest in His love and cast all your cares on Him. I would have not put this up but, this is a testimony and I’ll be ungrateful not tell the world what God did for me and my cousin Odinaka Kaka Idigo . Everyone that witnessed this crash, did not believe we survived, talk more of standing and talking. All they kept saying is, God is not done with 2 of you yet, your destiny is strong. Keep serving your God. And to think I had just picked up my cousin from the NYSC camp. Devil is a liar. Till now, I can’t explain what happened. This happened in seconds. All I can say is Jesus literally took the Wheel. The Lord God fulfilled His promises in psalm 91 step step in our lives concerning this situation. OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL FROM THE LITTLE TO THE HUGE. I still can’t find the words to say I’m grateful. I know I surly don’t deserve it but He was faithful. And My #Nigerianpeople forget. You people are wonderful. These people stopped to help. They inconvenienced themselves to make sure we got back home safe. God bless them all. Bola Bolanle Babalola and Ali I’m so grateful they turned up and helped. God bless you all I celebrate you all. #jesus
Nigerian billionaire businessman, Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, has taken to his Instagram page to narrate how his staff (a security man) returned $10,000 (N3million) he found on the ground.
Below is how he wrote the story;
Last month, Mohammed Ibrahim Ogbanago, a security guard at the @ubagroup branch in Oba Akran, found $10,000 outside on the ground at his branch. In an unparalleled display of integrity, he decided to return the money.
When I heard about this story, I knew I had to meet the man who despite facing rising petrol & transportation prices and “tomato ebola” returned such a huge sum of money without recourse to himself.
It was a pleasant surprise to hear him tell this story and about how he came to be in the board room with us. Even more surprising was hearing him speak about his passion for governance and integrity in leadership.
Mohammed Ibrahim Ogbanago is an exemplary ambassador of the UBA spirit and it was fulfilling to meet and reward him for his conduct.
The @UBAGroup management is proud to have this caliber of staff at all levels. Congratulations to Mohammed and keep up the good work.
Who else is excited about trains? I am…and I’d definitely wanna take a ride in one!
The Abuja-Kaduna Train Service is all set for launch this month…as it is currently being tested.
New photos reveal that passengers with a valid form of identification boarded a free ride this morning at Idu industrial layout in Abuja.
Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, said that the four coaches on ground could only convey 380 passengers, while the volume of passengers was much higher.
The Federal Government will soon acquire more coaches for the Abuja-Kaduna railway service to enable it to cope with the population of commuters plying the route.
Well known Nollywood movie star, Yul Chibuike Edochie, who is happily married with three children, in a recent chat with KFB, speaks about life as the son of Movie icon, Pete Edochie, social media scandals, why he stopped kissing in movies among others.
Read below:
What’s up with Yul Edochie?
I’m fine, doing very well, regardless of all these crazy scammers and rumour mongers who wouldn’t let me rest. They are just bent on destruction. Especially the Facebook scammers. They were the ones that posted the purported accident story while i was shooting in Enugu. That very day, i left my phones in my car while i was busy filming. I didn’t even know what was going on, by the time i was done. I saw over 200 missed calls on my lines. My father too was calling because the news got to him too. My mum was so worried. Men! These things are just crazy but that’s the price we have to pay for fame.
Few days ago, it was also rumoured that your father died, how did you get the news? That’s same thing i’m saying , these people just wake up one morning and post whatever comes to their minds. I have reported to Facebook to close all my fake accounts on their platforms but the more they shut them down, the more they open. The rumours of my father’s death was just one of those things, because this is not the first time such reports have been published. But what got me really angry what the fact that some people had already started sending me condolence messages. ‘Pete Edochie was a great man. May his gentle soul…….’ What? They didn’t even call to confirm, but could pick up phones to type long condolence messages. It is really saddening. That was why i had to go to twitter to debunk the reports.
Away from the social media drama, tell us more about Yul Edochie. I am very down to earth. A lot of people have this wrong impression about me but I am not like that. We build this world around us for protection, but by the time you come close to me, you will see that I’m very down to earth. I try to be very friendly. No matter what I have achieved it doesn’t get to my head. I still hang out with folks and old friends. I am just the very easy going person who is always happy hardly get angry. I laugh a lot. I’m Pete Edochie’s last son. My full names are Yul Chukwubuike Daniel Edochie. My father named me after an American actor. In fact, we were all named after foreign actors.
How was growing up like with him as a father?
It feels good. Growing up was really good with him as a father.
He appeared very strict in movies, is that how he is to you?
He is extremely very strict, but I thank God that He gave me a father like that. I couldn’t have wished for a better father. He is a strict catholic, so a lot of things I know today I learnt because of my background. Like I told you, I would rather die than dope. Kill me but I won’t dope and that’s how my father is. My father made us to understand that it is better to have a good name. Good name will get you riches and everything you need. That’s the kind of family I was raised too and my mum too is very strict. There wasn’t much money then to throw around but we grew up loving God and each other.
What is the biggest thing the surname ‘Edochie’ has done for you?
Lots of it though, but I think my own name paved a way for me too. That was why at a point; I don’t tell people I am Pete Edochie’s son. I had my reasons then. I am blessed and I also get recognition been Pete Edochie’s son. And I try as much as possible not to mess up the name.
How would you rate this year, so far?
It has been quite good. I got few endorsements. YulEdochieAcademy is doing very well. There are other stuffs I got into this year, but you know, one doesn’t need to blow his trumpet, but in all, God has been awesome. You are seen as someone who kisses so much in Movies, how do you get off that feeling after the shoot?
I feel nothing. For me, it’s all about work. Some people say they kiss and other things get attached, but for me, I don’t feel anything at all. During the shoot, I just die and wear the character I am playing, by the time we are done and I come back to myself, I feel nothing. Funnily enough, all those romance scenes, they are about 5 or more crew in the bedroom with you, so how comfortable would you be to start feeling something else (laughs). Aside that, you still have lines in your head, you are battling to remember. So my dear, the supposed feelings would be far dead and gone.How have you been coping exchanging salivas through deep kissing with different actresses in different movies?
At a point, I had to limit the kissing scenes I play. I know I did a lot of that while I was still young in the industry, but at the stage of my career, I reject a lot of roles that has to do with kissing and romancing. I can do romance scenes for you, perfectly without kissing. I can act that I am madly in love with a girl, without getting so romantic with her. I often talk to the director to let me have it my own way without kissing the actress in question and they would let me. At the end of the day, the film would come out well.Assuming that in the script, it was clearly stated that you are to kiss the actress; don’t you think she would feel so offended if you skip that part?
This is exactly what happens when you are not trained. It has actually happened to me and caused lots of issues on set. I know lots of actresses look forward to kissing me on set. This particular one, saw the script and was jumping that she was going to kiss ‘Yul Edochie’, but I was tired of the kissing thing and asked the director to allow me do it without the ‘kissing’. When the actress heard it, she was like ‘I have kissed so….so and so person’, but won’t do the same to her. She flared up. It was quite funny and annoying too. I have never looked forward to going to kiss someone in a film. It is not professional. Those who undergo the real training as an actor can’t sit at home and keep looking forward to kissing in movies.
Yul And His Daughter
As an actor, you always travel around, how then do you cope with managing your Lagos State based family?
It is not easy. Trust me, it is not. I try my best. Whenever, I am in Lagos, I make sure I stay with my family. I do two or three movies outside Lagos, then I hurry back home to meet my family.
West African idol superstar, Timi Dakolo, in 2013, did a remix of the song but Fashek said Timi never took permission from him. The veteran reggae artiste claimed that Timi Dakolo capitalized on his state of health and remade his song without taking permission from him, adding that he also broke some rules.
“He broke the rules of copyright. He is a thief because in music business, he must take permission before he works on someone’s song. That is why we have COSON. I did not give anyone the right to do anything with my song. I have a management team I work with headed by Omenka Uzoma.
Dakolo never bothered to look for me before stealing my song. He has infringed on the laws of copyright and he is not an original artiste. It is only people like Tuface, Wizkid, Olamide that are original. I felt bad when I learnt that he worked on my song without my consent. .
He did not even give me credit. He is a very bad artiste and he took advantage of the circumstance that I was facing during that time. The song is not a normal song; it is a spiritual hit song. Timi Dakolo does not know how I suffered to get that song. I fasted for seven days before I got that song. .
I partook in three days ‘white’ fasting before the song came to me. Timi Dakolo did not go through that. I did not fight him because I do not have time. Let God judge us.” Punch reports.
Fashek’s music business consultant, Omenka Uzoma, said they would soon begin to fish out all those who have been exploiting him.
When contacted to get his side of the story, Punchng reports that Timi Dakolo was quick to cut short the conversation and rudely ended the call.
Just when the old papa youngie was starting to shine, some bad belle had to come out and say that he is gay… The stylish old man wasted no time in calling them out!
Irvin Randle took to his Facebook to debunk the rumor. Here’s what he wrote:
When u’re old and look so fine and women all over the world has crush on you, jealous young men will start spreading “the gay rumor”. I have nothing against gays, how somebody chooses to live their lives is none of my business. I’m not homophobic but I’M NOT GAY. Young men instead of hating, wake up and go to the gym.
Looks as if the singer could care less on her marital life though, she looks absolutely excited as she rocks a smashing red gown at her album (RED) celebration.
She’s here at a boat party for her RED album, hosted by the South African Tourism.
As always, she looks stunning! Another photo below:
Days ago, it was reported of one Bara’atu Muhammad who cut-off the genitals of her 23-day-old stepson, Buhari Muhammad, in Dafe village, Niger State.
Buhari’s father, Muhammadu Dauda married Buhari’s 21-year-old mother, 7 years ago and he is the first child of the union. He married Bara’atu just 4 months ago.
Bara’atu confessed that she took Buhari from his mother’s room where he was sleeping, to the toilet where she chopped-off his penis with a kitchen knife. Her words: “I decided to do that in retaliation to insults (I’ve been receiving) from his mother.
She has been insulting me. Anytime I complained to our husband, he will not take action. That was the major reason I used our kitchen knife to cut off his penis.” Meanwhile, the Niger State government has promised to take care of Buhari’s medical bills. .
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi who is taking care of Buhari at the IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna, said his penis has already been damaged and shrunken and that there was no way that it can be transplanted to its normal position. He said the medic will however, try their best to ensure that Buhari survives and lives a normal life.
Bara’atu has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court and remanded in Minna prison, pending the conclusion of investigations. This incident happened a few weeks after a 21-month-old boy Musa was severely mutilated by his stepmother in Kano.
A Facebook user who goes by the name, Christina Mack, took to her page to share these photos and her story of how she was locked up and brutally abused by the father of her child.
She also advised women to be bold enough to leave a relationship that would leave them the way she is.
It’s no news that Nollywood movie veteran, Patience Ozokwor, has found a new light of becoming an evangelist.
Defending her reason to re-dedicate her life to Christ while dispelling various rumours that she said God told her to drop her popular pseudonym, Mama G, she said in an exclusive chat with Saturday Beats:
“I did not just give my life to Christ. I have been a Christian all my life. The problem was that there were some compromises God wanted me to remove from my life. He wants me to be the face of Christianity so that when anyone sees me, they will know that I am a child of God. The world has mingled with the church a lot and there is no difference between the world and the church. The way the worldly people dress is the way Christians are dressing nowadays. God told me he does not want his people to dress in that manner anymore. The men would plait their hair and use earrings, all these things are making God angry and even the women should be modest according to the way it is written in the Bible.
People should be known to be Christians through the way they dress, talk and approach life situations. You cannot call yourself a Christian and you drink alcohol. God does not want all that. I did not just repent now, I have been a born again Christian all these years, it is just that everybody has gone astray and we are now like unbelievers. That is what God said.
“It is not true that I said I do not want to be referred to as Mama G. I did not say so. It is the people that want to sell their papers that told that lie. God did not say I should retire from my work; after all, we act dramas in church. He did not tell me to stop acting and he did not tell me to stop bearing Mama G. Mama G is not a bad name, there are people who have bad names and he said they should drop them. Mine is not bad. The meaning of Mama means mother and the G stands for General. I am everybody’s mother. Even the scripture says that I am a mother to everybody, even the motherless children. I am just lucky because everything is falling into place. My name is not bad. The world should know that Mama G is still Mama G; I am still Mama General and in other parts of Africa, they call me Mama Africa. How can I deny my fans of that? God did not ask me to quit my job, neither did he say I should renounce the name Mama G because there is nothing wrong with the name. However, if he asks me to stop bearing the name, I will throw it away because it is all about what he wants and not what any man wants.”
The movie icon added that her faith will not affect her movie roles. She seized the opportunity to clear the air that her children have no problem with her faith. She said that they are happy for her and she is best of friend with her children.
“She said, “My faith would not affect my career or movie roles. The movie I am about to shoot is an action movie. I am using it to expose some ills in the society. There are some obscene scenes that I cannot take part in because I am a child of God. If you watch my films, you will know that I have never shot any movie that is obscene. I tell my stories but you will never see me naked. Even when I try to portray some nude scenes, I do it moderately.
“My children are Christians and my daughter got born again at the age of five. She is in London and she has nothing against my faith. I should be with them on Thursday. It was when I had an encounter with God that people started calling her to inform her that I was running mad and they became worried. After I finished my 30 day encounter with God and came out of it, when she saw me, she knew I was fine. I have been like this since I was a member of the Scripture Union. I don’t have any problem with my children, we are all fine and they are proud of me. In fact, they are my best friends. I go to places where I can talk not only at churches or crusades, I talk about the word of God anywhere I can. I need to tell everyone the truth about the word of God. The Lord said that I should remove my dreads because even though my dread is from my natural hair, whenever I am preaching against weaves and telling ladies that it is demonic, people may think I am carrying one and they begin to ask why I have such on my head.”
A woman has everyone looking for a certain wife after she claimed she was at a petrol station when she overheard details of a sordid affair – and decided to post them on Facebook in an attempt to shame the cheater.
In her public appeal to the man’s wife , she wrote:
“If your husbands called Neil, went to work in an un ironed shirt this morning and your flying to ***** on Saturday… (sic)
“He’s currently stood getting coffee (3 sugars) in a petrol station in ******* with ‘Mrs Smith’ should I say…planning a night with her in the Premier Inn near **** tonight.”He’s going to tell you he’s working in ***** and can’t get back.”
The post has since been shared over 25,000 times by people keen to let Neil’s wife know about his duplicitous ways.
One commenter said: “Here’s hoping Neil’s wife is already sick of her husband and has found her own Mr Smith for tonight!!”
So foreign music super stars, Rihanna and Drake are reportedly dating again!
E! News learned that the two stars are back on again, and that the feelings never faded on Drake’s end.
“He still loves her and never stopped. Rihanna is the one that’s been not wanting to settle down in the past,” the insider tells us. “They are having fun spending time with each other. Their music together got them close again.”
The rapper made a surprise appearance during her concert in Manchester, and he couldn’t leave the stage without gushing about the Barbadian beauty. He said:
“Shout out to the most beautiful, talented woman I’ve ever seen,” he told the crowd. “She goes by the name of Rihanna…I’m gettin’ my heart broken.”
The pair have also spent a lot of time together while in London. On Wednesday morning, they were photographed leaving Tape Nightclub as the sun was rising, and then headed to an after party following the concert that night.
The all beautiful fair-complexioned Edo state First Lady, Iara Oshiomhole is the cover star of the latest edition of Vanguard Allure.
Using her perfectly toned skin to grace the front page’s cover, the beautiful woman speaks on being the 1st lady of the state and how she aspires to touch lives in the state.
The stunning actress cum mother of one, shared this adorable selfie with Nollywood veteran cum pastor, Patience Ozokwor, at the African Film Festival in Dallas, USA.
Uche Jombo looks adorable as she seems to be rocking her natural hair. They both cute though!
Department of State Services (DSS) apprised the public yesterday that it had uncovered a plot to bomb Nigeria’s largest computer market, the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos.
It named one Chidiebere Onwudiwe, a graduate of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering and local members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as the brains behind the plot.
Onwudiwe has currently been put under arrest. The DSS said in a statement that the suspect was working with foreign and local members of IPOD to perfect the plot.
It also claimed to have uncovered another plot to bomb worship centres and parks during the coming Eid el Fitri festivities. In a statement in Abuja last night, the DSS said its operatives had arrested two suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) linked to Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) while making separate plans for the assassination of a Kaduna-based military officer and the bombing of oil and gas pipelines.
In a bid to stem the activities of vandals in the Niger Delta, this Service effected the arrest of Selky Kile TORUGHEDI, on 17th June, 2016, in Calabar, Cross River State. Toruchedi is an ex-militant and suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), and was arrested for planning to assassinate one MB.Yahaya a serving military officer.
“Toruchedi, who is a close associate of Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), had already conducted surveillance at the residence of Yahaya in Kaduna, preparatory to his plot when he was intercepted.
“He is also fingered as a sponsor of pipeline vandalism in some States in the South-South region. Suspect is currently assisting the Service, with critical leads.
“In a related operation, this Service arrested one Christian Oluba aka Sensor, another suspected militant with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). Sensorwas arrested while perfecting plans to carry out explosive attacks on critical oil and gas pipelines, including critical storage points.
“Meanwhile, sequel to increasing threat posed to public peace by the activities of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), this Service arrested one Chidiebere Onwudiwe, a graduate of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering and known member of IPOB, on 22ndJune, 2016.
“Onwudiwe and his associates within and outside the country, were planning to carry out coordinated attacks against religious bodies/edifices, Police-Check Points and the computer village in Ikeja, Lagos State, with Improvised Explosive devices (IEDS). The suspect was apprehended while making logistics supplies for their nefarious plan”
A 52-year-old evangelist, John Arinze, has been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over his attempt to export N1.4bn worth of narcotics to South Africa.
The agency said the drugs, made of 92kgs of methamphetamine and 73kgs of ephedrine, were detected inside two containers of foodstuff meant for export to South Africa at the Apapa Seaport in Lagos.
A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Friday said the suspect, who is a Nigerian based in South Africa, confessed to the crime. He added that sniffer dogs belonging to the agency detected the drugs during screening operation.
The drugs were hidden inside packs of melon concealed in foodstuff and cosmetics such as gari (cassava flakes), noodles, Knorr and Maggi food seasoning, yam powder, malt drinks, pepper, milk, herbal hair cream and Golden Morn cereals.
The statement partly read:
“During examination of the containers marked MSKU 388274-1 and MSKU 424717-0; anti-narcotic officials detected 20kg of Methamphetamine and 50kg of Ephedrine inside the first container. Also, 72Kg of Methamphetamine and 23Kg of Ephedrine were detected in the second container. The total weight of the drugs is 165kg.
“Officers successfully traced the illicit consignment to a fifty-two year old man who claimed to be an evangelist by name John Vincent Arinze who was arrested in his hotel room in Lagos. A Mercedes Benz sport utility vehicle belonging to him was also impounded at the time of arrest. The suspect hails from Ara village, Nise in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. John who had lived in South Africa for over a decade accepted ownership of the illicit shipment.”
The suspect was said to have told the operatives in his statement that he made a “big mistake” by taking over the business of his late wife, who was into drug trafficking.
“I am an evangelist living in Durban South Africa. My late wife was into drug trafficking before she died few years ago. I made a mistake venturing into her business. It is my fault,” he was quoted as saying.
